Trolley-finder.



PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

No. 859,783. Y F. A. SELLEY.

' TROLLBY FINDER, APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1906.

aa wewt'oz I [A My Qmmmw attozmago FREDERICK A. SELLEY, or NASHVILLE,TENNESSEE.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Ap lication filed m 26,1906. an N5.327,870

Patented July 9,1907.

To all whom it may concern: I I I Be it known that I: FREDERICK A..S'ELLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in thecounty of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Trolley-Finders;

and I do' declare the following to be afull, clear, andcxact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in trolley finders or guides andconsists in the novel construction,

combination and-arrangement of parts herein-attendescribed and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive andefficient device which may be readily applied to a trolley pole andeasily operated to guide the trolley wheel upon the trolley wire.

The above and other objects which will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood are accom-. plished by the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved trolley finder showing itapplied, to a trolley pole, the device being in its normal'position infull lines and in its elevated or operating position in dotted lines;Fig. 2 is an end view of the trolley pole and the finder, the latterbeing in its elevated or operative position; Fig. 3 is a side elevationof a modified form oi the invention; Fig. 4. is a longitudinal sectionalview taken on the plane in dicated by the line 4-4 in Fig. 3 and Fig. 5is a transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line55, Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to' Figs. 1 and 2'of the drawing, thenumeral 1 denotes a portion of a trolley pole which has journaled 'inits forked upper end the usual grooved trolleywheel 2 adapted to runupon the trolley line or Wire 3. The pivot 4 for the wheel 2 is extendedupon one side of the pole and has mounted upon it an angular lever 5,said lever has along arm 6 adapted to serve as a guide or finder for thetrolley wire and a short arm 7 to which is connected an operating.

rope or other flexible connection 8. The lever 5 hangs normally in theposition shown in the full lines in Fig. lso that its arm 6 is disposedhorizontally beneath the plane of the trolley wire 3 and its supports orhangers.

' It is supported in this position by the engagement of said arm 6 whichis heavier than the arm 7, with a stop pin or lug 9 projecting from oneside of the trolley pole 1. Said stop lug 9 is also engaged by the arm 7when the 'rope 8 is drawn upon to swing the arm 6 to its elevated oroperative position, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. When in thisposition which is also shown in Fig. 2, the

arm 6 extends vertically and is adapted to guide the the wire 3, therope 8 is drawn upon to swing the arm 6 to a-vertical'position and thepole is then swung laterally until the trolley wire engages it. The poleis i then pulled down to allow the wire to pass up over its "smooth orunobstructed side and to drop into the groove Wheel 2 or to engage thearm 6 which latter will guide it down into the wheel when'the pole isallowed to swing upward. When the rope S is raised the finder will dropto its normal p o'sition,.as'shown in full lines of Fig. 1. It will beseen that this device permits the trolley wheel to be quickly and easilyengaged with the wire by simply swinging the pole when elevated, untilit engages the wire and then lowering it until it drops into the grooveof the wheel. I

In Figs. 3 4 and 5, I have shown another way in which the finder arm orlever may be operated. In this embodiment of the invention the arm orlever 6 is fastened to the axle or shaft 4 of the trolley wheel and isadapted to swing downwardly between the trolley pole and a curvedplate.12 which is secured thereto and spaced therefrom. The axle 4 alsoextends through this plate and has fastened uponit a cog wheel or pinion.13 which meshes with the cog wheel or gear 14 secured upon a shaft 15mounted in the plate 12 and in a longitudinally extending plate or strap16 which has one of its ends secured to the plate l2, asshown at 17, andits other end formed with a bearing for the end otthe axle 4'. The cogwheel 14 carries an arm or lever 18 which corresponds to the arm 7. andhas the operating rope 8 attached to it.

It will be seen that when the wheel 14 is rotated its motion will beimparted to the wheel.l3 and hence to the finder arm or lever 6. In allother respects'the construction and operations of this embodiment of theinvention is'the same as that of the one first described.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a moreextendcd explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the ininor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as delined by theappended claims.

Having thus described my inventionfwhat I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is;-

In combination with a trolley pole and its wheel. a finder arm on theshaft of said wheel, a cog wheel also on said shaft and spaced from saidfinder arm, an inner plate connected tothe trolley pole, spacedtherefrom, having an opening through which the trolley wheel shaftextends, and serving to space said cog wheel from said finder rod, anouter plate on the inner plate having its outer portion spaced therefromand having a hearing for the trolley wheel shaft, :1 cog wheel havingits shaft mounted in bearings in the inner and outer plates and engagingthe firstmontioned cog wheel, and a lever arm attached to thelastmentioned cog wheel, and an operating ron attached to 10 said leverarm.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses. I

FREDERICK A. sELLEr.

Witnesses Evnnn'r'r GRIFFITH,

- EDGAR DRAKE.

